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The Dungummin Ogham Stone, also known as the Clonkeiffy standing stone, is an ancient monument found on a field near a crossroads on the
Megalithic monuments of Ireland
{{coord, 53, 48, 32.032, N, 7, 10, 47.358, W, region:IE-CN_type:landmark, display=title Archaeological sites in County Cavan
The Dungummin Ogham Stone, also known as the Clonkeiffy standing stone, is an ancient monument found on a field near a crossroads on the R194 road
The R194 road is a regional road in Ireland linking Longford in County Longford to Virginia in County Cavan to Moynalty in County Meath.
The road is long.
See also
*Roads in Ireland
*National primary road
*National secondary road
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, south of Ballyjamesduff
Ballyjamesduff () is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. A former market town, it was the winner of the 1966 and 1967 Irish Tidy Towns Competition.
History
The first mention of Ballyjamesduff is found in The Registry of Deeds, Kings Inns, Henriett ...
, County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...
, in Ireland.
The Ogham stone
Ogham (Modern Irish: ; mga, ogum, ogom, later mga, ogam, label=none ) is an Early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language (in the "orthodox" inscriptions, 4th to 6th centuries AD), and later the Old Irish langua ...
is sandstone, is about 1.6m tall, 0.48m wide and 0.36m in thickness, tapering in the cross section almost to a point. The inscription on the north-western side is a personal name, ᚑᚃᚑᚋᚐᚅᚔ "OVOMANI". The western side of the stone is damaged. It was dated by S. Ziegler . The south side carries two crosses; in the west and north a cross is engraved.
See also
*Killycluggin Stone
The Killycluggin Stone is a decorated stone, found near the town of Killycluggin, County Cavan, in Ireland. Roughly cone-shaped and covered in Iron Age La Tène designs, it was discovered broken in several pieces, partly buried close to a Bronze ...
*Cloonmorris Ogham stone
The Cloonmorris Ogham Stone is an ancient monument at Saint Michael's Church, Bornacoola, County Leitrim, in Ireland.
Description
It is the only Ogham inscribed stone to be recorded in County Leitrim. First examined by Mac Neill in 1909, the s ...
Bibliography
* Joseph B. Meehan: Cavan ogham stones: II, The Dungimmin Ogham 1920 * Damien McManus: ''A Guide to Ogam.'' An Sagart, Maynooth 1991, . * Philip I. Powell: ''The Ogham Stones of Ireland: The Complete & Illustrated Index'' 2011 * Sabine Ziegler: ''Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften.'' Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1994,External links
Megalithic monuments of Ireland
{{coord, 53, 48, 32.032, N, 7, 10, 47.358, W, region:IE-CN_type:landmark, display=title Archaeological sites in County Cavan